bob_fox Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 What is the best and fastest way to take out your opponent's Construction Yard and Factory if you're Atreides (besides using NIAB Tanks which I almost won the game using once)?ANY replies would be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjb Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 Liar, I killed them all, it was the Ornis that did the damage.I think possibly the best way for atreides to get a con is the following: 1) Don't go up against Ordos, they're the best, 2) if your opponents Hark, then just move on your opponents weak side. Those Sonic tanks when handled properly are effective, so if your assault is ground based, wipe out his defences with your sonic tanks then march in a few minotarus with mongoose and 3-4 sandbikes as anti infantry. Attack his buildings, but have a group of ORnis waiting in your base, ready to be called any minute, and have 2 APC's cloaked nearby, filled with Engineers, once you have cleared a large part of his defence swarm his factory with ornis and hit his con yard with engineers. if that fails, use what is left of your force to try and do some permannent damage, before they get wiped out. This works against hark, but ordos are a problem because they are the best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted July 6, 2001 Share Posted July 6, 2001 send sh@# load of mongooses and sand bikes and surround his base then send 3 sonic tanks for his pesky veicles then send in 6 engineers after his con yard and 30 sarduaksr to cover them clean up the remains if your force is severly damaged9 when con yard is captured un deploy it and airlift to your base) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peseverance Posted July 7, 2001 Share Posted July 7, 2001 Erm.....a bit hard in this game but i guess the cloaked APC if you see a gap in his defense :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted July 7, 2001 Author Share Posted July 7, 2001 TJB, I don't ONLY play against you, you know. I also play against those lowsy computers. But I suppose you're right, my Orni's did help. (I don't have to explain EVERYTHING, do I?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentbodnar Posted July 7, 2001 Share Posted July 7, 2001 Its easiest to just to build a minimum of 8 Minotauruses and 4 repair vehicles and use the Minotauruses long range to take out theire whole base!Note: You will need to use formation or else the repair vehicles run right up to the enemy and get destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ghirish Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 what do you mean formation ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zorn7 Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 It's means hold J before you issue an order, and it makes them move in the exact same position in relevance to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sneak Posted July 26, 2001 Share Posted July 26, 2001 Just go to the enemyharvest feild and destroy everything that lands there!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted August 19, 2001 Author Share Posted August 19, 2001 I think you guys have missed the point of this thread (which I started over a month ago). I didn't want the best way of defeating your opponent(s), but I wanted a sneaky way of quickly and quietly taking out your opponent(s) two most important structures (which are probably the Con Yard and Factory). The Engineers in APC raid in the original C&C is the kind of thing I'm talking about.I suppose, though, that you can't really pull off the aforementioned kind of tactic in Emperor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted August 19, 2001 Share Posted August 19, 2001 Is the StarPort not as important? You can order a MCV just as easy as you could build it (though it would be much shorter). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 i find it takes to long for a starport to bring units in. i only use it wene luaching a big atack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acriku Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 The StarPort is pretty fast, and can save your *ss! You know what's evil? Destroying everything but the StarPort, wait till the Freighter comes, then destroy the StarPort before any units come out. Teehee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ordos_Yogurt Posted August 20, 2001 Share Posted August 20, 2001 I've got a good way to detonate the starport. place an exian infiltrator right in the middle of the runway, (forcemove(alt click) ) and detonate it. takes only one. if you went to detonate it off the side, it will take too of those Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted August 20, 2001 Author Share Posted August 20, 2001 "wait till the Freighter comes, then destroy the StarPort before any units come out"That's evil! The computer has done that to me before. ARRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH! It's mean, SO MEAN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ordos_Yogurt Posted August 29, 2001 Share Posted August 29, 2001 I have done that lots of times. just put an infiltrator in the middle of the field and then detonate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
netnifty Posted September 1, 2001 Share Posted September 1, 2001 even eviller 2 combine those 2, e.g. put a infiltrator on their starport and as its cloaked they wont c it, so they think their safe, when the frigate comes, u detonate it and their wonderin wtf just happened :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted September 2, 2001 Author Share Posted September 2, 2001 On the subject of the Starport:My new units - normally Harvesters - often get stuck underneath the CHAOM Frigate. What I usually do to fix that is I double-click underneath the frigate to select the stuck unit underneath it and then move it out. This usually fixes the problem, but I still think something should be done about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 send some cloak mints right out side( need some crates) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 3, 2001 Share Posted September 3, 2001 A strike force of 8-10 freamen and 6-8 fedykin with lots of ornis as defence wackers!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemafakei Posted September 20, 2001 Share Posted September 20, 2001 Why not airdrop Minotauri, Sonics and Mongeese (not forgetting Repairs and engineers and snipers in apcs) at the back of the base and cause havoc - preferably after an orni raid on air defences. It does, however require a lot of prior expense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted September 20, 2001 Share Posted September 20, 2001 That would cost a lot of $$$.And if you have to send that much time building such a force. the enemy will probly have a equeal or greater force to match you. not to mention air defenses. Even if you did that you would still have to worry about there super weapons. There for such a strike is not a good idea. Airdrops are best when you first start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 20, 2001 Share Posted September 20, 2001 hmmmmmmmmm.........I like air raids be cause when they attack u pause change view un pause look at the destruction then pause return to norm view and continue :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areyouforit Posted September 21, 2001 Share Posted September 21, 2001 hey what i like to do is keep in sending sandbikes or dustscouts and make the ai or someone on online to take their vehicles and infantry to the other side and every once in a while send ornis and and infantry with the sand bikes and while the enemy is busy fighting the constant waves offi get the turrets on the other entrance with like 10 different ornis and and then send in apcs slowly like two of them filledwith three or five engineers and i do it simulationly so i send one apc first as soon as it starts too unload i send in the other i unload and first take care of the factory conyard and starport and then whatever else. the player usually dc's but its still fun and sometimes they dont want to cheat so i win .its cool to cause its faster than actually gonig there and destrying it that takes forever. i know this is long :) :) :) :)sorry about it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exatreide Posted September 22, 2001 Share Posted September 22, 2001 Its not that its to long its that i couldent understand half of what you said. I know i make some typos but atleast you can understand me. You think you could make a edited one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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